KO of the year?

One of many right hands landed flush by Jackson on Lee. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

The undercard of the Cotto-Martinez PPV event appeared, on paper, to be less than stellar.

It was not.

Three pretty good fights resulted from some pretty good match making.

One of the bouts pitted Andy Lee (33-2, 23 KOs), dropping from 160 lbs to 154 lbs, to take on John Jackson (18-2, 15 KOs).

In a fight where his viability as a possible title contender depended on a win, Lee was being out fought, out hustled, out everythinged through the first four rounds. He quite literally lost every second of every round, including being knocked down in round two.

Even the beginning of the fifth saw Jackson come out like a bull and rush Lee. He threw aggressively and recklessly.